Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | |
---|---|
Established | March 15, 1920 |
Association | NCAA |
Division | Division III |
Members | 13 |
Sports fielded |
|
Region | Minnesota |
Headquarters | Bloomington, Minnesota |
Commissioner | Dan McKane (since 2005) |
Website | www |
Locations | |
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) is a college athletic conference which competes in NCAA Division III. All 13 of the member schools are located in Minnesota and are private institutions, with only two being non-sectarian.
History[]
On March 15, 1920, a formal constitution was adopted and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with founding members Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hamline University, Macalester College, Saint John's University, St. Olaf College, and the College of St. Thomas (now University of St. Thomas).
Concordia College joined the MIAC in 1921, Augsburg University in 1924, and Saint Mary's University in 1926. Carleton dropped membership in 1925, rejoining in 1983. St. Olaf left in 1950, returning in 1975. The University of Minnesota Duluth was a member of the MIAC from 1950 to 1975. Bethel University joined in 1978. The MIAC initiated women's competition in the 1981–82 season. Two all-women's schools subsequently joined the conference, St. Catherine University in 1983 and the College of St. Benedict in 1985.
The conference did not play sports from the fall 1943 to the spring of 1945 due to World War II. Saint Mary's discontinued its football program in 1955. Macalester football left the conference in 2002, but still retains its MIAC membership in other sports. St. Catherine and St. Benedict, being both women's colleges, also do not sponsor football. Together with Saint John's, one of only a handful of men's colleges, St. Benedict forms a joint academic institution, known commonly by the initialism CSB/SJU.
From 1947 to 2003 the MIAC had a strong men's wrestling program, which was discontinued following the 2002–03 season. The strongest teams over the history of the conference were Augsburg with 31 team championships, and Saint John's with 14 team championships. The MIAC teams and individual wrestlers demonstrated a strong national and Olympic presence in the 1970s and beyond.[1]
On May 22, 2019, it was announced that the MIAC had expelled the University of St. Thomas effective at the end of spring 2021 at the latest, giving it time to make other athletic arrangements were that much time to become necessary. St. Thomas by this point had over twice the enrollment of any other member institution.[2] and on May 28, 2020, the conference announced the addition of the College of St. Scholastica after leaving the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference in 2021.[3]
Starting in 2021 for football only the conference will divide into two divisions. The Northwoods Division will consist of Carleton College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint John's University, St. Olaf College, and The College of St. Scholastica. The Skyline Division will consist of Augsburg University, Bethel University, Concordia College, Hamline University, and Macalester College.
Member schools[]
Current members[]
Institution | Nickname | Location (Minnesota) |
Founded | Type | Undergrad enrollment[4] |
Colors | Joined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Augsburg University | Auggies | Minneapolis | 1869 | Private/Lutheran (ELCA) | 2,550 | 1924 | |
Bethel University | Royals | Arden Hills | 1871 | Private/Converge | 2,965 | 1977 | |
Carleton College | Knights | Northfield | 1866 | Private/Non-Sectarian | 2,105 | 1920, 19831 | |
Concordia College | Cobbers | Moorhead | 1891 | Private/Lutheran (ELCA) | 2,114 | 1921 | |
Gustavus Adolphus College | Golden Gusties | St. Peter | 1862 | Private/Lutheran (ELCA) | 2,230 | 1920 | |
Hamline University | Pipers | St. Paul | 1854 | Private/Methodist (UMC) | 2,184 | 1920 | |
Macalester College2 | Scots | St. Paul | 1874 | Private/Non-Sectarian | 2,146 | 1920 | |
College of Saint Benedict3 | Bennies | St. Joseph | 1913 | Private/Catholic | 1,958 | 1985 | |
St. Catherine University3 | Wildcats | St. Paul | 1905 | Private/Catholic | 3,176 | 1983 | |
Saint John's University4 | Johnnies | Collegeville | 1857 | Private/Catholic | 1,754 | 1920 | |
Saint Mary's University | Cardinals | Winona | 1912 | Private/Catholic | 1,590 | 1926 | |
St. Olaf College | Oles | Northfield | 1874 | Private/Lutheran (ELCA) | 3,040 | 1920, 19755 | |
College of St. Scholastica | Saints | Duluth | 1912 | Private/Catholic | 3,906 | 2021 |
- Carleton left the MIAC after the 1924–25 season, and re-joined in the 1983–84 season.
- Macalester rejoined the conference in football in 2021. It became an independent in football in 2002 and then a football-only member of the Midwest Conference starting with the 2014 season.[3]
- Women's college
- Men's college
- St. Olaf left the MIAC after the 1949–50 season, and re-joined in the 1975–76 season.
Former members[]
Institution | Nickname | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Joined | Left | Current Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Minnesota–Duluth | Bulldogs | Duluth | 1902 | Public | 11,729 | 1951 | 1975 | NSIC (DII) |
University of Saint Thomas | Tommies | St. Paul | 1885 | Private/Catholic | 6,199 | 1920 | 2021 | Summit (DI) |
Membership timeline[]
Sports[]
Member teams compete in 22 sports, 11 men's and 11 women's.
- Men's sports
- baseball
- basketball
- cross country
- football
- golf
- ice hockey
- indoor track and field
- soccer
- swimming and diving
- tennis
- track and field
- Women's sports
- basketball
- cross country
- golf
- ice hockey
- indoor track and field
- soccer
- softball
- swimming and diving
- tennis
- track and field
- volleyball
The conference no longer sponsors wrestling or men's and women's Nordic skiing.
Rivalry trophies[]
- Football
- The Goat (Carleton v. St. Olaf) founded 1931
- The Old Paint Bucket (Macalester v. Hamline) founded 1965
- The Troll (Concordia v. St. Olaf) founded 1974
- The Book of Knowledge (Carleton v. Macalester) founded 1998
- The Hammer (Augsburg v. Hamline) founded 2005
- Other sports
- The Goat (Carleton and St. Olaf, men's basketball) founded 1913
- The Karhu Shoe (Carleton v. St. Olaf, men's and women's cross country) founded 1972
- The Margate Memorial Trophy (Carleton v. St. Thomas, swimming and diving) founded 1995
- The Presidents Cup (Carleton v. St. Olaf, women's basketball) founded 2001
- The Rolex (Carleton v. St. Olaf, men's track and field)
- The Rusty Putter (Carleton v. St. Olaf, men's golf)
- Defunct
- The Power Bowl (Concordia v. Minnesota State University-Moorhead, football) founded 1984, through 1998 as the American Crystal Sugar Bowl, from 1999–2007 as the Power Bowl[5]
- The Holy Grail (Saint John's v. St. Thomas) founded 2001, became defunct after the 2019 game, after which St. Thomas moved to Division I.
Source:[6]
All-Sports Trophy[]
The All-Sports Trophy is given to the school with the best overall record for all MIAC sports in each gender. The men's trophy was first awarded in 1962 to Macalester College. St. Olaf College received the first women's trophy in 1984. The University of St. Thomas won both the men's and women's trophies from 2008 to 2017. The men's is named the George Durenberger Trophy and the women's is named the Pat Wiesner Trophy[7]
Men's | Titles | Last | Women's | Titles | Last |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Thomas | 33 | 2019 | St. Thomas | 28 | 2019 |
Saint John's | 14 | 2007 | Gustavus Adolphus | 5 | 2007 |
Gustavus Adolphus | 5 | 2004 | St. Benedict | 2 | 1999 |
Macalester | 5 | 1968 | St. Olaf | 2 | 1985 |
St. Olaf | 1 | 1979 |
Football[]
Conference titles[]
Team | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|
Saint John's | 35 | 1932, 1935c, 1936c, 1938, 1953c, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971c, 1974c, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979c, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995c, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001c, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006c, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019c, 2021 |
Gustavus Adolphus | 22 | 1926, 1927, 1933, 1935c, 1936c, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952c, 1953c, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1971c, 1972, 1987 |
St. Thomas[a] | 21 | 1922c, 1929, 1930c, 1939, 1941, 1942c, 1947c, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1973c, 1979c, 1983, 1990, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019c |
Concordia | 18 | 1931, 1934, 1942c, 1952c, 1957, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1974c, 1978c, 1979c, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988c, 1990c, 1995c, 2004 |
St. Olaf | 6 | 1922c, 1923, 1930c, 1935c, 1978c, 1979c |
Hamline | 5 | 1920, 1921, 1966, 1984, 1988c |
Bethel | 5 | 2000, 2001c, 2006c, 2007, 2013 |
UM–Duluth[a] | 3 | 1960, 1961, 1973c |
Augsburg | 2 | 1928c, 1997 |
Carleton | 2 | 1924, 1992 |
Macalester[b] | 2 | 1925, 1947c |
Saint Mary's[c] | 1 | 1928c |
c = Co-champions
No 1943 and 1944 seasons due to World War II.
No 2020 season due to COVID-19.
Source:[8]
Basketball[]
Men's basketball regular season conference titles[]
Team | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|
St. Thomas[a] | 33 | 1924, 1946c, 1949c, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981c, 1989c, 1990, 1991c, 1992c, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006c, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011c, 2012c, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017c, 2019 |
Hamline | 19 | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938c, 1939c, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949c, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960 |
Gustavus Adolphus | 17 | 1925, 1926, 1928, 1938c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1975c, 1988, 1991c, 1992c, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2012c |
Augsburg | 13 | 1927, 1946c, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1975c, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1998, 1999 |
Saint John's | 8 | 1969, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2001, 2018 |
Carleton | 5 | 1921, 1922, 1923, 2006c, 2011c |
UM–Duluth[a] | 4 | 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 |
St. Olaf | 3 | 1929, 1930, 1989c |
Concordia | 3 | 1931, 1982, 1983 |
Macalester | 2 | 1937, 1981c |
Saint Mary's | 2 | 1939c, 1940 |
Bethel | 1 | 2017c |
c = Co-champions
No 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons due to World War II.
Source:[9]
Women's basketball regular season conference titles[]
Team | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|
St. Thomas[a] | 18 | 1983c, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998c, 2000, 2001, 2002c, 2008c, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
St. Benedict | 13 | 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2002c, 2003c, 2004c, 2006, 2007, 2008c, 2009, 2010c |
Concordia | 7 | 1982, 1983c, 1986c, 1987c, 1988, 1990, 2013 |
Carleton | 3 | 2003c, 2004c, 2005 |
Saint Mary's | 3 | 1985, 1986c, 2014 |
Gustavus Adolphus | 2 | 2003c, 2010c |
Bethel | 1 | 1994 |
St. Olaf | 1 | 1983c |
- ^ No longer a conference member.
c = Co-champions
Source:[10]
Soccer[]
Men's soccer regular season conference titles[]
Team | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|
Gustavus Adolphus | 16 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1983c, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2004c, 2005c, 2006c, 2007c, 2012c, 2013c, 2014c, 2018, 2019 |
Macalester | 11 | 1988c, 1990, 1997, 1998c, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005c, 2010, 2015c |
Saint John's | 9 | 1968, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983c, 1986, 1988c, 1989c, 2006c |
St. Thomas[a] | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995c, 2016, 2017 |
St. Olaf | 7 | 1984, 1992, 1998c, 2004c, 2011c, 2014c, 2015c |
Carleton | 6 | 2007c, 2008, 2009, 2011c, 2012c, 2013c |
Augsburg | 4 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980 |
Concordia | 2 | 1995c, 1996 |
Bethel | 1 | 1981 |
- ^ No longer a conference member.
c = Co-champions
Source:[11]
Women's soccer regular season conference titles[]
Team | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|
Macalester | 8 | 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001c, 2004, 2005 |
Saint Mary's | 7 | 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991c |
St. Thomas[a] | 7 | 1987, 2001c, 2002c, 2008, 2015c, 2016c, 2018 |
Gustavus Adolphus | 6 | 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2015c |
St. Benedict | 5 | 1991c, 2002c, 2003, 2011c, 2013 |
Concordia | 4 | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
Carleton | 3 | 1982, 2010, 2011c |
Augsburg | 3 | 2014, 2016c, 2017 |
- ^ No longer a conference member.
c = Co-champions
Source:[12]
Ice hockey[]
Men's ice hockey regular season conference titles[]
Team | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|
St. Thomas[a] | 34 | 1923c, 1934, 1938c, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951c, 1952, 1953c, 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993c, 1994, 1995, 1998c, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2013c, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
Gustavus Adolphus | 14 | 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977c, 1984, 1993c, 2010 |
Macalester[b] | 12 | 1923c, 1930, 1931, 1932c, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939c, 1950c, 1951c, 1962, 1963 |
Augsburg | 10 | 1928, 1977c, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981c, 1982, 1998c, 2016, 2019 |
UM–Duluth[a] | 9 | 1953c, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 |
Saint John's | 8 | 1935, 1950c, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013c |
Hamline | 5 | 1923c, 1932c, 1948, 2008, 2011 |
Saint Mary's | 4 | 1929, 1964, 1965, 1988 |
St. Olaf | 3 | 1938c, 1939c, 2009 |
Concordia | 2 | 1981c, 1987 |
Bethel | 1 | 2007 |
c = Co-champions
No seasons from 1942–43 to 1945–46.
Source:[13]
Men's ice hockey conference tournament[]
Women's ice hockey regular season conference titles[]
Team | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|
Gustavus Adolphus | 15 | 1999c, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018c |
St. Thomas[a] | 6 | 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016c, 2018c, 2019 |
Augsburg | 2 | 1999c, 2000c |
Saint Mary's | 2 | 1999c, 2000c |
Bethel | 1 | 2016c |
- ^ No longer a conference member.
c = Co-champions
Source:[14]
Facilities[]
School | Stadium | Capacity | Gymnasium | Capacity | Ice arena | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Augsburg | Edor Nelson Field | 1,400 | Si Melby Hall | 2,200 | Augsburg Ice Arena | 800 |
Bethel | Royal Stadium | 3,500 | Robertson Center | 2,000 | Schwan Super Rink | 1,000 |
Carleton | Laird Stadium | 7,500 | West Gymnasium | 1,240 | Non-Hockey School | N/A |
Concordia | Jake Christiansen Stadium | 7,000 | Memorial Auditorium | 4,500 | Moorhead Sports Center | 3,000 |
Gustavus Adolphus | Hollingsworth Field | 5,000 | Gus Young Court | 3,000 | Don Roberts Ice Rink | 1,500 |
Hamline | Klas Field | 2,000 | Hutton Arena | 2,000 | TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center | 1,500 |
Macalester | Macalester Stadium | 4,000 | Leonard Center | 1,200 | Non-Hockey School | N/A |
St. Benedict | CSB Soccer Field | N/A | Claire Lynch Hall | 1,000 | Municipal Athletic Complex | 1,800 |
St. Catherine | Soccer Field | N/A | Wildcat Gym | 500 | Drake Arena | 700 |
Saint John's | Clemens Stadium | 7,000 | Sexton Arena | 2,964 | National Hockey Center | 5,763 |
Saint Mary's | Ochrymowycz Soccer Field | N/A | St. Mary's Gym | 3,500 | St. Mary's Ice Arena | 850 |
St. Olaf | Klein Field at Manitou | 3,500 | Skoglund Center | 3,000 | St. Olaf Ice Arena | 800 |
St. Scholastica | Saints Field | N/A | Reif Gym | N/A | Mars Lakeview Arena | N/A |
Commissioner[]
The executive director, a position that was created in 1994, serves as the conference commissioner.
- Carlyle Carter (1994–2005)
- Daniel McKane (2005–present)
References[]
- ^ "Wrestling Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ^ Campbell, Dave (May 22, 2019). "MIAC ousts original member St. Thomas for being too strong". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ^ a b Johnson, Randy (May 28, 2020). "MIAC overhaul: Macalester back in football; St. Scholastica joining league". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Best Colleges in Minnesota". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ "Concordia vs Moorhead State football games will be the "Power Bowl"" (Press release). Concordia College. June 3, 1999.
- ^ "MIAC Rivalry Trophies". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ "All-Sports Competitioni History". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ "MIAC Football Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference.
- ^ "MIAC Men's Basketball Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference.
- ^ "MIAC Women's Basketball Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ "MIAC Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ "MIAC Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.>
- ^ "MIAC Men's Hockey Record Book". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ "MIAC Women's Hockey Recordbook". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference.
External links[]
- Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- College sports in Minnesota
- Private and independent school organizations